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Israeli Biologists Aaron Avivi, Imad Shams and Irena Manov from the Institute of Evolution at Haifa University in Haifa, Israel, believes that an Israeli mole-rat may save millions of human lives. The question is, will this scientific discovery get the support and approval from the scientific community and philantropists worldwide to fulfill its promise? In Israel, those who like hiking in nature or living in a suburban houses surrounded by a small garden are reminded of the existence of the blind mole-rat during the winter when lines of fresh, loose mounts of earth appear overnight after a rainfall. The lines of small earth mounts consist of 2-4kg of dirt that the Israeli blind mole-rat, which weighs 100-200 grams and is 15cm long, pushes when it builds its underground architectonic tunnel system that collapses during a typical Israeli rain season. These above ground "foot prints" are the reflection of BMR tremendous potential for biomedical studies and may point the way to a cure for some human diseases.
Posted on: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 18:03:17 +0000

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